,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ihfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjbf,mr4 
,neguse introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
direct the ,secretary of ,defense to    
include on a website of the ,department 
of ,defense certain information with    
respect to a patient booking an         
appointment for health care provided    
under the ,,tricare program at a        
military medical treatment facility1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,reducing
 ,military ,health ,care ,wait ,times   
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,the ,congress     
finds the following3 7#a7 ,our uniformed
 service-members1 veterans1 and their   
families deserve high-quality1 timely   
health care4  7#b7 ,the annual ,,tricare
 ,program ,evaluation ,report to        
,congress required by section #aga of   
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   

,act for ,fiscal ,year #aiif 7#aj       
,u4,s4,c4 #ajgc note7 provides ,congress
 and the public with critical           
information about the effectiveness of  
our military health care programs and   
identifies opportunities for            
improvement4  7#c7 ,in the ,fiscal ,year
 #bjbd ,,tricare ,program ,evaluation   
,report of the ,defense ,health ,agency1
 such ,agency voluntarily provided      
helpful information about--  7,a7 the   
average number of days between the date 
an individual books an appointment at a 
military medical treatment facility and 
the date of such appointment2 and  7,b7 
the percentage of referrals of an       
individual to another health care       
facility that are made not later than   
one business day after the date on which
 such individual contacted the military 
medical treatment facility4  7#d7 ,this 
information is valuable to ,congress and
 the public1 and it should be           
statutorily required as part of the     
annual ,,tricare ,program ,evaluation   

,report4  #c4 ,inclusion on a website of
 the ,department of ,defense of certain 
information with respect to a patient   
booking an appointment at a military    
medical treatment facility ,section     
#ajgc;b7b77#a7 of title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by    
striking ,the ,secretary and inserting  
7,a7 ,the ,secretary2 and  7#b7 by      
striking ,such data and all that follows
 and inserting the following new        
subparagraph3  7,b7 ,the data made      
available under subparagraph 7,a7 shall 
include the following3 7i7 ,the core    
performance metrics adopted by the      
,secretary under section #gbh of the    
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjag 7,public ,law   
#aad-cbh2 #acj ,stat4 #bbcd74  7ii7 ,the
 average number of days between the date
 an individual books an appointment at a
 military medical treatment facility and
 the date of such appointment4  7iii7   
,the percentage of referrals of an      
individual to another health care       

facility that are made not later than   
one business day after the date on which
 such individual contacted the military 
medical treatment facility4  4